Garment-fastening.



No. "741,540. PATENTED 00T. 13, 1903.

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Patented October 13, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

g EMERY A. PEFELEY, or JASPER, TEXAS.

GARMENT-FASTENING.

SlEECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 741,540, dated October 13, 1903. Application led June 21,1902. Serial No. 112.719. (No model.)

object of the same is to produce a simple and effective device of this class which is durable' in use and particularly adapted for employment as a placket-closure. Y

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of the several parts, which will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed. 'i

v- In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a fastening embodying the features of the invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section on the line 2 2, Fig. 1.

Similar characters are employed to indicate corresponding parts in the views.

B and C designate supporting devices of the improved fastening. The member B has secured thereon a series of hooks 1, all identical in their construction and each formed from a single strand of wire bent to the required shape. Each of these hooks when completed comprises side arms 2 2, which are arranged parallel to each other and have their free ends bent outwardly and then inwardly to provide the fastening-eyes 3 to receive thread or other fasteningA means for readily and conveniently securing 'the hook in position on the fabric of the garment or other support. The arms 2 are extended forwardly for a suitable distance in advance of the fastening-eyes 3 and then turned inwardly-l toward each other and carried rearwardly to which an eye may be hooked. The head or loop 4 terminates at a point some distance from all thefree ends of the arms, as clearly shown, and is,v bent to lie in theY same plane as the side arms 2 2 and has a rear laterallyexpanded portion 4.x. VThe outer portions-or side members 5 5 of the loop or head 4: closely approach the side arms 2 2 and form restricted passages 6, which extend to forwardlyprojecting loops 7, located on each side of the said head 4. and provided by the forward bends of the side arms 2 in the formation of the head or loop s.

wire and returning the free terminal thereof and twisting it around the strand, as at 16. All of the eyes are curved inwardly at 15, as clearly shown by Fig. 2, and are adapted to engage theloops or heads 4 of the hooks on the member or support B, it being understood thatthere will be as many eyes as hooks 1, and in securing the strand 13 in place on the member C the eyes 14V will be so disposed as to transversely aline with the heads or loops 4. Through the construction of the heads or loops as heretofore described and the inwardly-bent form of the eyes a secure fastening will result and resist accidental separation when the eyesV and hooks are articulated.

By constructing-the eyes integral with a continuous piece of wire, as just described, they will always be held the proper distance apart and an efficient device is produced by whicha straightand smooth closure can be had.

Y Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- A'garment-fastening comprising two supporting devices, one having thereon a continuous strand of wire bent at intermediate points to form eyes which are twisted adjacent to the strand, the latter also having the extremities bent to form eyes and the terminals secured by twisting them around the adjacent portions of the strand, the eyes all eX- tending transversely of their supporting device and slightly bent inwardly, and a series of hooks secured on the other supporting device and extending in transverse directions thereto, the said hooks comprising heads for engagement by the said eyes. Y

In testimony whereof I afx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EMERY A. PEFFLEY.

Witnesses:

E. I. KELLIE, K. B. SEALE.

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